Improved folding wagon-cover frame



B. G. LUTHER.

Carriage Top.

Patented lune 22, 1869.

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Leners Patent No. 91,551, dated 111119,22, 1869.

INIPRO'VED FOLDING WAGON-COVER FRAME. A

The Sehedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lama.

To all' whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. LUTHER, of Providence, in the county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improved Foldin WagonCover.Frame;. and do hereby declare that the following is,` a` full and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in connecting the two outervbows of a wagon-cover frame by means of togglelevers,-which will a low the cover to be folded np in a small' space, and at the same time hold it perfectly rigid, at its full extent, when in use upon the wagon.

To. enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will pogceed todescribeits construction and operation. f

Figure 1 represents a side view;

Figure 2, an end View; and

Figure 3,*an interior side view.

The two buter bows,"A and A, are connected to each other, on each side, by means of the toggle-levers B' B and B B, as shown; the joints b' and b being secured to each other. by the clasp O, which may be made of metal, to spring over the pin c, as shown, or it may be a leather strap, or the joints b and b may be secured directly to the middle bow D, by means of thumb-.screws or other convenient devices.

'lhe'bows at the top and bottom of each side are secured to each other by the flexible straps E' and E. These straps serve to secure the outer covering from excessive-strain, when extended to its extreme limit.

The opposite ends of the bows, at the bottom, are held from springing apart by the metallic strap F.

In foldingthe cover, the joints b and b are to be loosened from their fastenings, when the bows can be pressed directly back against each other, so as to occupy butllittle space for storage.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the two outer bows with the toggle-levers B B and B B, secured' to the middle bow D by appropriate clasps, substantially as described.

B. G. /LUTHER Witnesses:

OLIvER W. SLocUM, JOSEPH A. BARN-EY. 

